In addition to being the erstwhile mattio's birthday, yesterday was the 41st anniversary of the final formal Beatles concert at Candlestick Park (I am not counting the Let it Be session Adam, no paying customers). The last vestiges of appearing in their old suits & costumes would soon be gone as less than 10 months later released Sgt. Pepper.

Apparently America leads the world with per capita gun ownership. While I don't own a gun (and probably should not be trusted with a water pistol), having the government being the only armed entity is certainly more scary than that article. The Democrats took over Congress by electing what is referred to as 'Blue Dog Democrats' from the south who would generally support gun ownership rights. The Democrats have basically abandoned gun control as an issue and it will be interesting to see how this is addressed in upcoming debates.

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

The classic thing is the guy posting as Mystic someone at the bottom of the story. He calls Jose a "brother" and congratulates him in in going after a white person because of Bush, Blah, Blah, Blah. Great.

As a recently reformed smoker I have no doubt that smoking in an enclosed car with your kids in it is not a good thing. But under no circumstances do I want a Federal, State or Local legislator dictating to me what I do in my own property if the activity is legal. If you are that against cigarettes, criminalize tobacco (and then say good-bye to the death-money i.e., cigarette taxes) that you collect.

Tuesday, August 7, 2007

This looks like it would be a great read. With all the sissification that has been going on the past 20 years, this is probably much needed. This specifically mentions hunting and cooking a rabbit. I specifically remember being in Scouts going to a winter camporee where some Green Berets were giving a demonstration on outdoor survival skills, specifically for winter time. They had a live rabbit which they proceeded to fill, clean & cook over an open fire. The audience of kids was probably between 11-13 at the time. Can you imagine something like that being demonstrated today! As for the final bit of information, one of the Green Berets told us that to use the pelt from the rabbit you would have to cure it. If you did not have the proper chemicals to do that urine would be good.

Saturday, August 4, 2007

A uniformed Soldier was shouted down at the 'progressive' Yearly Kos convention. All the neo-isolationsists & neo-foreign policy realists out there who understandably don't want our troops in harms way really need to take stock as to who they are making common cause with. Remember all the Democratic Presidential Candidates will be at this meeting. This is the main stream of the Democratic party now.

Friday, August 3, 2007

Via Powerline it was 100 years ago today that Walter "Big Train" Johnson made his Major Leagues debut. His 3,508 strikeouts was considered at the time unbreakable but has since been surpassed by 8 other pitchers. I'll hoist one tonight to one of the All Time Greats!

Thursday, August 2, 2007

Barack Obama has recently stated that he might as President invade Pakistan without permission to go after Al Qaeda members in hiding in the border areas there. Isn't one of the left's rallying cries against American war crimes, the pursuit of the Viet Cong into Cambodia without permission? I guess it is ok if a Democrat proposes this type of strategy.